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192. Karsten Roscher & The Need For Safe AI (Interview)


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(2:00) - Karsten’s journey from undergraduate research to Department Head at Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS

(7:40) - Why Karsten & his team are fixated on AI safety 

(10:40) - How the team impacts policy decisions

(17:00) - The ways the average person can detect the outcomes of the team’s work

(18:56) - How to detect what an AI doesn’t know & why it’s so hard

(28:40) - Robuscope: Fraunhofer’s free AI testing tool

(34:46) - Why being benchmark driven can be bad for AI development

(41:10) - How comfortable Karsten feels about using Autonomous vehicles & AI in general

(49:55) - How to balance safety and progress with AI progress

(56:04) - Karsten & SAE International’s machine learning & safety course

(58:30) - Karsten’s unintentional road to becoming a teacher  

This episode is part of a series brought to you by SAE International to explore the leading edge of mobility with the support of experts from industry & academia. Other episodes in this series include Episode 190, where we talked about Karsten’s free AI evaluator tool, Robuscope!

You can check out the information about the course Karsten mentioned for safety & machine learning by clicking HERE

Enjoyed listening to Karsten? Want to hear more from him? Checkout his links below:

  • Karsten’s LinkedIn
  • Safe Intelligence Blog

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